This was the view from the causeway over the Letaba River on the H14 yesterday morning. It's usually almost a dry river bed!!It was just passable, but we have had heavy rain all night and this morning in Phalaborwa, so I would imagine it is even worse by now. Take care all who are in the park at the moment!!!

I just pray that Kruger will be okay. Last year they coped wonderfully. Lesego is a star again. I hope our infrastructure stands the water. I pray all people and animals are safe and life gets back to normal. On a not so nice thought I wish the pachers would be swept way!!!

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle

ecojunkie wrote:After lots of rain last night we had lots of rain today! Roads closed all over the place, and the Letaba river is well over the bridge on the Phalaborwa-Mopani tar road so that is closed too.

Philip, Dr Mabunda once said something that has stayed with me - he said this after the 2000 floods. (And I cannot remember word for word what he said now, but the essence was this):

The animals have instinct to protect them.

The animals moved to higher ground long before the humans knew what was happening. The hippos and crocs moved out of the rivers. All this rain is good to wash out disease in the rivers and clean the rivers.

I (me) am sure this rain is going to be good to clear the anthrax too.

Mads wrote:Johanrebel,I hope you keep safe... I saw they forcasted alot of rain for Punda area tonight... Please post more pics...We get alot of news from the Southern part of Kruger... but little from the North...

Thanks DB!

Still raining heavily here Mads, in Phala, and has been for 36hours non stop....also high winds. Letaba River very high.